Margaret Chan,
Assistant Director-General - Communicable Diseases(2003--2006)
She has effectively managed outbreaks of avian influenza and of severe acute respiratory syndrome.
2.Why HK Legislative Council
To add ", and condemns the former Director of Health, Dr Margaret CHAN FUNG Fu-chun" after "the Hospital Authority".
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the Report of the Select Committee to inquire into the handling of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome outbreak by the Government and the Hospital Authority.
Legislative Council Agenda,Wednesday 7 July 2004 at 2:30 pm .
3.
Chinese newspaper reportsMotion was passed without any objection to condemn Magrat Chan.
4.However,some HK people think that WHO took her as Assistant Director-General - Communicable Diseases made HK proud.
They think HK is very high standard in disease control!!
If u asked HK people her performance during SARS,u will knows
why i so concerned.
Now,she is nominated by Beijing and resigned as Ass. DG to run for Director General of WHO!?
God save the world.
5.
Select Committee to inquire into the handling of
the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome outbreak by
the Government and the Hospital AuthorityReports6.
conclusions of select committeeThe Director of Health, Dr Margaret CHAN FUNG Fu-chun
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15.16 The Select Committee considers that Dr Margaret CHAN
should be held responsible for not attaching sufficient
importance to “soft intelligence” on the AP epidemic in
Guangdong in January and early February 2003.
In addition, Dr CHAN did not appear to have taken
full account of the heavy passenger flow between
Guangdong and Hong Kong when formulating
policies on infectious disease surveillance and control.
15.17 The Select Committee notes that the Deputy
D of H, Dr LEUNG Pak-yin, raised the question of
whether DH should send a team or an official to
Guangdong in February 2003 to learn more about
the AP epidemic there with
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Dr CHAN but the matter was not taken up further. The Select Committee is
of the view that Dr CHAN should have explored other avenues to obtain more
information on the AP epidemic in Guangdong.
15.18 The Select Committee considers that it
would have been prudent to add SARS to the
First Schedule to Cap. 141 immediately after
WHO had named the disease,
and that Dr CHAN, as the chief public health adviser,
should be held responsible for not initiating action
to amend the law on or immediately after 15 March
2003.
15.19 The Select Committee finds the performance
of Dr Margaret CHAN not satisfactory in the handling
of the SARS outbreak in the above aspects.
7.nothing personal here.If she could not handle the health of
7 million people like HK,how would u expect her to handle
the world population?
Pl note para 15.18.She was not willing to list SARS as
contagious diseases even after WHO name SARS.
She just followed the book---the law.
And now,i bet ,she shall be the head of WHO with blessing of
PRC.Even Korean was the head.Now is the turn of Chinese.